Research Article

Ki-67 Labeling Index in Primary Invasive Breast Cancer from Sudanese Patients: A Pilot Study

Table 1

Individual, pathological, and clinical characteristics of the studied patients.

Age (years)
 Mean ± SD56.4 ± 13
 Range 35–80
Tumor size (cm)#
 Mean ± SD4.4 ± 2.1
 Range 1–10

Number (%)

Histology
 IDC*54 (87.1%)
 ILC3 (4.8%)
 Mucinous*4 (6.5%)
 Medullary1 (1.6%)
Grade
 220 (32.3%)
 342 (67.7%)
Pathologic stage (pT)
 T17 (11.3%)
 T229 (46.8%)
 T314 (22.6%)
 T43 (4.8%)
 Tx9 (14.5%)
L.N Status
 Positive 15 (24.2%)
 Negative 1 (1.6%)
 NX46 (74.2%)

Age information was available for 40 patients; #tumor size data was available for 53 patients; *includes one case with bilateral breast cancer.